Duck Soup

17min

Comedy

Fleeing a group of forest rangers, who are rounding up tramps to serve as firefighters, they take refuge in a mansion. The owner has gone on vacation and the servants are away, so Hardy pretends to be the owner and offers to rent the house to an English couple. Hardy gets Laurel to pose as the maid. Unfortunately, the owner returns and tells the would-be renters that he owns the house; Laurel and Hardy then flee again and are caught by the rangers and forced to fight wildfires.

Cast

Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy

Maltravers
Madeline Hurlock

Madeline Hurlock

Lady Tarbotham
Bob Kortman

Bob Kortman

Forest Ranger
William Courtright

William Courtright

Colonel Buckshot's Butler (uncredited)
Charlie Hall

Charlie Hall

Moving man (uncredited)
James A. Marcus

James A. Marcus

Colonel Buckshot (uncredited)
William Austin

William Austin

Lord Tarbotham
William Courtright

William Courtright

Colonel Buckshot's Butler

Release date

13th Mar 1927

Status

Released

Spoken languages

No Language